Good and Bad Things About Gracious – Student composition

October 18th, 2010

Below is a short composition by one of Gracious Secondary School’s All-Star composition groups:
Gracious Private Secondary School is located in Mangochi district, Malawi. It is on the shores of the lake, and is part of the Malawi Children’s Village (MCV). Gracious school was born on 15th January, 2006. Since then it has [...]

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Good and Bad Things About Gracious – Student composition

October 18th, 2010

Below is a short composition by one of Gracious Secondary School’s All-Star composition groups:
Gracious Private Secondary School is one of the most popular private schools in Malawi. The school is located to the south of Lake Malawi in a district called Mangochi. The school consists of many students both male and female from [...]

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The Composition Allstars, Group Two

October 18th, 2010

Esme Makhaza
I am Esme Makhaza. I come from Lilongwe where I used to live with my parents. Now I live in Mangochi with my grandparents. I have three brothers and four sisters. I am 16 years old and I am in Form 4 at Gracious Secondary School. My hobby is [...]

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The Composition Allstars, Group One

October 18th, 2010

Thocco Mulingo
My name is Thocco Mulingo. I am a Malawian by nationality. I come from Mangochi district. I am aged 17 and am the last born in a family of six. I did my nursery school at Phylo private school, and my primary school at Koche primary school. As of now [...]

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My Unforgettable Day – Treza Sakonda (Gracious Student Composition)

October 10th, 2010

By: Treza Sakonda, Form 2A
I will never forget about this day. I was confused about my life and I did not know what to do anymore. I was like someone else. I did not believe that this horrible thing was happening to me. They told me my mother had died. [...]

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My Unforgettable Day – Francis Chabukar (Gracious Student Composition)

October 10th, 2010

By: Francis Chabukar, Form 2B
I was very surprised that I was a J. C. candidate. I am very happy with secondary school. The day I started secondary school is my most unforgettable day
This day is so memorable to me because it was my first time to go to secondary school. It was very [...]

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The Allstar Composition Group!

October 10th, 2010

It seems that I have become the composition maven around here. As soon as it became clear that writing is a strength of mine I was commissioned to teach almost exclusively that. (Stop. I need to take a moment to offer up appreciations, respect, and probably humble apologies to those skilled and [...]

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Out and About with ‘Together! ACT now!’

September 18th, 2010

Last Saturday I went on tour with MCV/Gracious’ touring HIV/AIDS awareness theater troupe…
We were ‘supposed’ to leave at 1:30pm, but sat and waited around until finally our transportation huffed its way into the driveway an hour late (which is really pretty prompt by Malawi standards). At the same time as the truck chugged to [...]

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A newly arrived volunteer’s First Impressions

September 16th, 2010

It is not an exaggeration to say that I have wanted to come to Malawi almost as long as I can remember. My mother lived in and around Blantyre (the largest city) while her father taught at the university there. I grew up hearing stories about the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’: of [...]

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